Here at Learning Pool we get about a bit, travelling up and down the country to workshops, events, conferences and visiting customers at their offices. Getting out and about is always interesting and stimulating plus we tend to pick up great material for our blogs on the way!
I’ve stayed in many hotels over the years whilst on company business and oh boy…have I experienced the good and the bad.
At the one end of the spectrum I had the dubious pleasure of staying in what was surely one of the grimmest places in Scotland. It was a buy one night, get one free which sounds great except the second night was at Edinburgh City Hospital due to food poisoning.
On another occasion I arrived at a hotel which can only be described as a Blenheim Palace type abode where I was surrounded by luxury. The booking was a mix up by the company I was working for at the time, but that’s another story. Suffice to say it nearly made up for my Scottish experience.
But never, until recently, have I stayed in a hotel which had a pop star themed room.
But to my surprise and Paul and Deborah’s initial disbelief, I arrived at my room in the Aurora Hotel in Manchester to find walls adorned with Cliff Richard memorabilia. Now I would have preferred the room to be adorned with Daniel Craig, or Matthew McConaughey, but hey….I can relate to how cool Cliff was in his time.
So, with gold singles and signed photos around the room, I just had to call Deborah to come and take a look. She couldn’t quite believe it, as both she and Paul didn’t have such luck with their room decor.
Truth be told, it was all a bit odd really. But I couldn’t resist telling them at breakfast that when I turned on the shower that morning, it had burst into life by playing ‘Congratulations!’ I think I had them convinced for a brief moment.
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